Auto-Waiting in Web Test Automation Clarified

The so-called “auto-waiting” mechanism is, in fact, inferior; it is just marketing. When it comes to real e2e test automation, Selenium WebDriver’s waiting mechanism is better.

Zhimin Zhan
10 min readJan 18, 2024

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This article is one of the “IT Terminology Clarified” series.

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Zhimin Zhan

Test automation & CT coach, author, speaker and award-winning software developer. Help teams succeed with Agile/DevOps by implementing real Continuous Testing.